RedHat: RHSA-2015-2172:01 Important: glibc security update
Summary
The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread
libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the Name Server
Caching Daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without
these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.
It was discovered that the nss_files backend for the Name Service Switch in
glibc would return incorrect data to applications or corrupt the heap
(depending on adjacent heap contents) in certain cases. A local attacker
could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2015-5277)
This issue was discovered by Sumit Bose and Lukáš SlebodnÃk of Red Hat.
All glibc users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5277 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.src.rpm
aarch64:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.aarch64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.aarch64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.aarch64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.aarch64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.aarch64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-106.el7_2.1.aarch64.rpm
nscd-2.17-106.el7_2.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc.rpm
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
nscd-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
nscd-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390.rpm
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
nscd-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
aarch64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.aarch64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-devel-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-utils-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
nscd-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-debuginfo-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.i686.rpm
glibc-static-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1262914 - CVE-2015-5277 glibc: data corruption while reading the NSS files database